White House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. Grants
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White House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. Grants
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#NeverForget
Trump plans to put political appointees directly into NIH grant decisions, raising the risk that research funding could be steered by political priorities rather than scientific review. #NIH #HealthResearch #Trump
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"Trump asked budget chief to draft order bringing health research funding under his control."
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/19/nih-grants-trump-vought-bhattacharya-harvard-01085413
Among the nuggets unearthed here: Trump ordered #NIH director, Jay Bhattacharya, to cut research funding […]
Trump asked budget chief to draft order bringing health research funding under his control www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
Trump directed budget chief Russ Vought to draft an order creating a board to decide NIH grant funding, Politico reports, moving health-research money under political appointees. #TDFP #TheDigitalFreePress #NIH #Trump
Watchdog Says #NIH Approved More Than $225 Million for Dog & Cat Experiments Despite Shift Toward Alternatives.
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#USA #StopBarbarity #AnimalRights #EndAnimalTesting #justice
Researchers Accuse National Institutes of Health #NIH of Viewpoint #Discrimination in New #ClassAction #Lawsuit
The National Institutes of Health's screening process for grants violates the First Amendment, more than a dozen researchers argue.
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Legal Insurrection: Analysis Finds Almost 100% of #NIH Employees Donate to #Democrats - https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/politics.html#28 #EmancipationProclamation 1863 https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/emancipation-proclamation
27 UNIHTED has a powerful fact-check of NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya’s testimony—matching his claims against funding data, staff losses, grant censorship, and NIH policy.
#Censorship #NIH #DefendResearch #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky
For-Profit Companies Become Eligible for #NIH Research Facility Grants of Up to $8 Million Starting in 2027
New lawsuit argues NIH violated First Amendment rights of grant applicants www.statnews.com/2026/09/16/l... via @statnews.com
Yep, same over here at NIH and don't get me started on the complete disaster the acquisitions process has become. #NIH #FDA www.statnews.com/2026/09/17/f...
Researchers @aclu.org Sue #NIH Over Alleged Censorship of Medical Research Grants for violation of First Amendment Rights of Grant Applicants for list of keywords – such as ‘gender’ and ‘racist’ – that prevent topics from being funded @lawcommentary.bsky.social
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Scientists filed a class-action lawsuit alleging NIH is screening research grants using 235 flagged terms including “gender,” “Latinx” and “climate change.” The suit claims the Trump administration’s funding process violates the First Amendment. #NIH